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as in grounds
a small area of usually open land
a field that is the frequent site of neighborhood softball games
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2
as in areas
a region of activity, knowledge, or influence
the first woman to enter the field of medicine
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as in battlefields
a place where a battle takes place
the field where two mighty armies met and changed the course of history
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as in airfields
a place from which aircraft operate that usually has paved runways and a terminal
Worsham Field in Corpus Christi used to be home to a sizable crop dusting operation
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as in expanses
a wide space or area
the cemetery's field of crosses for the war's fallen seemed to stretch to infinity
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as in actions
active fighting during the course of a war
in the classroom the general had been a brilliant theoretician, but in the field he proved to be a wholly incompetent tactician
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as in addresses
to deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently
gave the waitress a large tip because she kept smiling as she fielded their many requests
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fields
Noun
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Avoid puddles - Driving into puddles or low rainwater areas can lead to vehicles hydroplaning or losing control.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacramento Bee,
7 Mar. 2025 -
For example, SpaceX removed some heat-shield tiles from the Flight 8 upper stage to stress-test certain vulnerable areas.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
7 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Ski patrollers are responsible for safety on the mountain, monitoring both slow zones and high traffic areas as well as leading avalanche mitigation, responding to medical and safety incidents, and monitoring conditions on the mountain, among other duties.—
Alison Fox,
Travel + Leisure,
3 Jan. 2025
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Sleet and freezing rain zones could see a quarter-inch or more of ice accumulation, with the potential for dayslong power outages.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
3 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Could smokescreen drones become a regular feature of future battlefields?—
David Hambling,
Forbes,
24 Mar. 2025
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This offering by Overland AI, once accepted by the armed forces, can revolutionize logistics delivery on battlefields for the US.—
Abhishek Bhardwaj,
Interesting Engineering,
20 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Ukraine launched dozens of drones over large swathes of Russia overnight Monday, with three military airfields said to be among the targets.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Apr. 2025
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This design enables operations from unimproved or austere airfields, a crucial capability for many special operations missions.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Apr. 2025
Noun
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These wide expanses of dense maritime forest are largely left alone.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
11 Mar. 2025
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The eastern portion of the country was heavily forested, while the Great Plains and western regions contained vast expanses of grasslands and shrubs.—
Martha McHardy,
Newsweek,
7 Mar. 2025
Noun
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For some government employees, levels of access to this information is determined by their job functions via a formal security clearance process and vetting actions.—
Rebecca Schneid,
TIME,
22 Mar. 2025
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These seemingly small actions can lead to dry grass ignition, potentially sparking a wildfire.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
22 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Nvidia addresses this with technologies like NVLink and NVSwitch – high-speed interconnects that let GPUs within a server share data at extreme bandwidth.—
Janakiram MSV,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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Her work addresses important contemporary topics with empathy and depth.—
Jeryl Brunner,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The body is generally good at responding to drops in temperature, but the nose and upper respiratory tracts can respond more slowly, Pekosz said.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA TODAY,
16 Dec. 2024
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Chevron is a major national gas producer with power generation equipment and very large tracts of land that could be used for data centers, the executive said.—
Spencer Kimball,
CNBC,
14 Dec. 2024
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“Fields.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fields. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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